"q" meaning in Maltese

See q in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /ʔ/, [ʔ] [standard], [q] (note: dialectal, now especially among the elderly) Forms: Q [uppercase]
Etymology: Continues Arabic ق (q). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|ق}} Arabic ق (q) Head templates: {{head|mt|letter|upper case|Q}} q (upper case Q)
  1. The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-q-mt-character-qR9i8kcb Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 37 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with language headings in the wrong order, Pages with raw sortkeys Related terms: ittra [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], Ċ [Latin, letter], ċ [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], Ġ [Latin, letter], ġ [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], [Latin, letter], [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], Ħ [Latin, letter], ħ [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], Ie [Latin, letter], ie [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Ż [Latin, letter], ż [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter]
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        "2": "ar",
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      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ق (q)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Continues Arabic ق (q).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Q",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 37 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with language headings in the wrong order",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script."
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          "alphabet",
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ittra"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "B"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "b"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Ċ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ċ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "D"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "d"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "E"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "e"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "F"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "f"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Ġ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ġ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "G"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "g"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Għ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "għ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "H"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "h"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Ħ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ħ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "I"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "i"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Ie"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ie"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "J"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "j"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "K"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "k"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "L"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "l"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "M"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "m"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "N"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "n"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "O"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "o"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "P"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "p"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Q"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "q"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "R"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "r"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "S"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "s"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "T"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "t"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "U"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "u"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "V"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "v"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "W"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "w"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "X"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "x"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Ż"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ż"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Z"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "z"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[q]",
      "note": "dialectal, now especially among the elderly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "q"
}
{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ق"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ق (q)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Continues Arabic ق (q).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Q",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "upper case",
        "4": "Q"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ittra"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "A"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "B"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "b"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ċ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ċ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "D"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "d"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "E"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "F"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "f"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ġ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ġ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "G"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Għ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "għ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "H"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ħ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ħ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "J"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "j"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "K"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "L"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "l"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "M"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "N"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "O"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "P"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Q"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "q"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "R"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "S"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "s"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "T"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "U"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "V"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "v"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "W"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "w"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "X"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "x"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ż"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ż"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese letters",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Pages with 37 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with language headings in the wrong order",
        "Pages with raw sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[q]",
      "note": "dialectal, now especially among the elderly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "q"
}

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